''Coenotephria'' is a genus of
moth
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s in the family
Geometridae
The geometer moths are moth
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(
Geometer moth
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s) described by Prout in 1914. Its species are primarily found in
Europe
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and
Asia
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.
Selected species
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Coenotephria ablutaria''
(Boisduval, 1840)
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Coenotephria achromaria''
(De la Harpe, 1853)
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Coenotephria adela''
(Butler, 1893)
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Coenotephria albicoma''
(Inoue, 1954)
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Coenotephria aleucidia''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria ambustaria''
(Leech, 1897)
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Coenotephria anomala''
(Inoue, 1954)
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Coenotephria apotoma''
(Turner, 1907)
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Coenotephria approximata''
(Staudinger, 1892)
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Coenotephria assimilata''
(Walker, 1862)
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Coenotephria avilaria''
(Reisser, 1936)
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Coenotephria bellissima''
(Butler, 1893)
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Coenotephria brevifasciata''
(Warren, 1888) (from India)
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Coenotephria caesaria''
(Constant, 1893)
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Coenotephria ceres''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria championi''
(Prout, 1926) (from India)
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Coenotephria corticalis''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria cylon''
(Druce, 1893)
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Coenotephria cynthia''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria decipiens''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria detritata''
(Staudinger, 1898
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Coenotephria diana''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria dubia''
(Butler, 1882)
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Coenotephria flavistrigata''
(Warren, 1888) (from India)
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Coenotephria homophana''
(Hampson, 1895) (from India)
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Coenotephria homophoeta''
Prout, 1926 (from India)
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Coenotephria salicata''
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775) - striped twin-spot carpet
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Coenotephria tophaceata''
(Denis & Schiffermuller, 1775)
References
*Kandasamy, Gunathilagaraj (2016)
"Checklist of Indian Geometridae with FBI number".Tamil Nadu Agricultural University.
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Larentiinae
Geometridae
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